Comparison

SetPlay vs Play Designer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SetPlay

This sports coaching app helps basketball teams plan strategies during timeouts and practices. Visualize plays with drawing tools, customize player details, and record video instructions to enhance teamwork and secure victories.

Highlights
  • Basketball strategy planning
  • Record video with voice-over
  • Full and half court views
  • Draw lines and directions
  • Customize player names and numbers
  • Select court floor types
Features
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SetPlay is your sports coaching board for your basketball team during crucial timeout and also during your team practice.Win every leagues. Plan your basketball gameplay to build your teamwork and win every game. Features: -Compatible for iPhone and iPad -Record your SetPlay into a video file plus your voice-over instruction. (Feature exclusive for iPhone) -FullCourt and HalfCourt View -Draw lines/directions using fingers -Ball hit detection on home player, it will follow the player holding the door. -Double click player to change name and jersey number -Change the number of players on both team. -Court floor selection, wood stadium - outdoor concrete - or painted floor -more to come

About

Play Designer

This app helps basketball coaches create, share, and explain plays, practices, and drills. It features a customizable digital whiteboard, video recording, and shot charting tools to enhance team communication and training.

Highlights
  • Record and share play and drill videos
  • Create and manage custom practices
  • Access and build a drill library
  • Professional-grade shot charting
  • Customizable digital whiteboard with court dimensions
  • Team roster and lineup management
  • AirPlay support for team presentations
Features
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The modern basketball coach’s playbook: design plays, plan practice, organize drills, and teach your team clearly. Elite Hoops gives basketball coaches one place to design plays, build practices, organize drills, and teach more clearly. Used by over 18,000 coaches and trainers, from Division 1 to AAU to youth hoops. The star of Elite Hoops is our play designer that's approachable, affordable and advanced. Build polished, detailed plays frame by frame, show player movement with precision, organize everything with tags, smart tags call out screens and actions, and present concepts in a way players can actually follow. And when you need to draw something up fast, the Digital Whiteboard that coaches have used to share over 10,000 plays is right here too. But Elite Hoops is more than just a play tool. It brings together the full coaching workflow across plays, practices, and drills. Build practices from your device, create your own drill library, track with shot charts, record breakdown videos, and share everything with players and staff. Or, create a practice in a pinch with our AI practice builder, which uses your drills and learns from your team's practice to customize them. Preparing for practice, installing a set, or adjusting in-game, Elite Hoops helps you coach with more detail and less friction. New: the Play Bank. Hundreds of animated plays with notes on every step, ready to add to your playbook in one tap. -- Elite Hoops Features -- · Play Designer: ⤍ Build animated plays frame by frame with detailed movement and timing and create playbooks. ⤍ Organize plays with tags so your playbook stays easy to search and manage. ⤍ Show real lineups, spacing, actions, and concepts with far more clarity. · Play Bank: ⤍ Hundreds of animated plays: Horns, Flex, presses, inbounds sets, and more, with notes on every step. ⤍ Add any play to your playbook in one tap, then edit it like your own. · Digital Whiteboard: ⤍ Quickly draw up one-off plays, counters, out-of-bounds actions, and defensive concepts. ⤍ Share images fast when you need to teach on the fly. · Practice Planner: ⤍ Create and run practices from your device. ⤍ Print or share your practice plans as a .pdf. · Drill Library: ⤍ Use our 200+ drills or build your own personalized drill library. ⤍ Keep your best drills organized and ready for every session. · Share Links: ⤍ Create a share link for any play, practice, or drill, and turn it off anytime. ⤍ Send coaching material to players and staff without exporting a file. · Video Export: ⤍ Record and export breakdown videos of your plays, drills, and concepts to share anywhere. · Shot Charts: ⤍ Track makes and misses during games, scrimmages, or training. ⤍ Review trends with a fast, coach-friendly shot chart tool. · Customizable Court: ⤍ NBA, FIBA, WNBA, NCAA, EuroLeague, and High School court dimensions. ⤍ Your own court color, hardwood styles, and boundary line colors. · Team Plans: ⤍ Invite unlimited coaches, players, and parents by email, link, or code. ⤍ Coaches edit the plays, practices, and drills; players and parents view them. · Team Tools: ⤍ Add as many teams as you coach, with rosters, jersey numbers, and team colors. · Coaching Tools: ⤍ Add an opposing team to demonstrate actions and counters. ⤍ Show zone and press defenses with Zone Overlays. ⤍ Sub players on the court. · Built for Apple devices: ⤍ Full Apple Pencil support. ⤍ AirPlay to a TV and show the whole team. -- LEGAL -- · View our terms of service here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ · View our privacy policy here: https://www.elitehoopsapp.com/privacy Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase.

Screenshots

SetPlay4 screens
Play Designer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Play Designer at 91% against SetPlay's 21%. Play Designer also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (780 vs 27). SetPlay's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 17) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.5). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Play Designer sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $7.00 per 7 days. SetPlay asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Play Designer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Play Designer has 780 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of SetPlay's written reviews are positive against 91% of Play Designer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SetPlay ships an update every 2 weeks, Play Designer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
SetPlay versus Play Designer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSetPlayPlay Designer
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (27 ratings)4.6 (780 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.4% of reviews91.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27780 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#153 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro
Requires iOS7.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB196 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlvin CalmaDay Well Spent LLC

Customer experience

SetPlay

All ratings27 ratings
Positive40.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative59.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive21.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative78.6%

Play Designer

All ratings774 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive91.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.6%

Bugs and requests

SetPlay

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Play Designer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Recording issues with no sound and inability to close/discard videos
  • Crashes and freezes on some devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to design and animate plays
  • More advanced player movement and positioning features
  • Free recording and playback functionality

In-app purchases

None

SetPlay

No in-app purchases

17 purchases

Play Designer

Subscriptions16
  • Weekly Tournament Pass$7.007 Days
  • Tournament Pass$7.997 Days
  • Unlimited access$9.991 Month
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  • Elite Hoops Pro$10.007 Days
  • Elite Hoops Pro Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Elite Hoops Pro$12.991 Month
  • Elite Hoops Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Elite Hoops Pro Quarterly3 Days trial$24.993 Months
  • Elite Hoops Pro$24.993 Months
  • Season Pass7 Days trial$25.003 Months
  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Elite Hoops Pro7 Days trial$45.001 Year
  • Elite Hoops Pro3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Elite Hoops Pro$59.991 Year
  • Elite Hoops Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Elite Hoops Pro7 Days trial$65.001 Year
One-time1
  • Unlimited access$149.99

Questions

Is SetPlay free?
SetPlay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Play Designer free?
Play Designer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SetPlay or Play Designer?
Play Designer is rated higher. SetPlay averages 2.6 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Play Designer averages 4.6 from 780 ratings.
Do SetPlay or Play Designer have ads?
Neither SetPlay nor Play Designer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SetPlay or Play Designer?
SetPlay ships an update every 2 weeks, and Play Designer every 5 days. Most recently, SetPlay was updated on October 7, 2026 and Play Designer on October 27, 2026.

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